Diane Kruger asked me to create The Seduction season 2 — here's my pitch to HBO Max

I hope all the execs are listening

20 Dec 2025, 10:00 · TechRadar

Features By Jasmine Valentine published 20 December 2025

Anamaria Vartolomei (Isabelle) and Diane Kruger (Rosemonde) in The Seduction. (Image credit: HBO) Share Share by:

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Although season 1 is now over, I've enjoyed new HBO Max show The Seduction far more than I ever thought I would. The best prequels are the ones that have clear ties to an existing world we know and love (which, in this case, is Dangerous Liaisons), but ultimately have a separate identity. In a nutshell, that's what is achieved so well here.

After the open-ended season 1 ending – well, it's open-ended if you're really paying attention – it seemed obvious to me that the streamer would be keen to give a second season the green light. But when I spoke to star Diane Kruger, I got a completely different response.

"I've never thought about that before, but actually, it could be kind of fun to see where they would go," she tells me. "Come up with a pitch and let's do it."

So somehow, it's been left up to me to try and keep fans (and myself) happy by creating The Seduction season 2, and I'm more than up for the challenge. If you're listening, HBO, here's my official pitch.

The Seduction season 2 could be the perfect HBO Max sequel for Isabelle's new life

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Warning: spoilers for The Seduction season finale ahead.

In the final shot of The Seduction, we saw Isabelle de Merteuil (Anamaria Vartolomei) pack up her horse and carriage and take off, leaving the French elite behind for a new life. It makes sense that a second season would explore what happens next for her... alongside Rosemond (Kruger), who has been left behind.

There's still a huge chunk of time unaccounted for between The Seduction and Dangerous Liaisons, and what we know of Glenn Close's Marquise de Merteuil in the Dangerous Liaisons movie proves that she's returned to the thick of the social scene she once left behind. So what happened in the interim?

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